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Caroline Flint
Labour MP for Don Valley
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Caroline Flint voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Energy and Climate Change, Communities and Local Government, Treasury, Home Department, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Solar Power, Child Care, Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs, Departmental Carbon Emissions, Departmental Pay
(based on written questions asked by Caroline Flint and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Planning and Energy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Health Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Drugs Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Anti-social Behaviour Bill Committee (8 out of 12)
- Crime (International Co-operation) Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
- Education Bill Committee (14 out of 20)
- High Hedges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Point of Order (17 May 2012)
“On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Yesterday, in response to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Ynys Môn (Albert Owen), the Energy Secretary said: “Let me give the hon. Gentleman one exact policy, for which Labour never legislated: the warm home discount”.—[ Official Report, 16 May 2012; Vol. 545, c. 561.] He repeated the same point earlier this morning...”
- Energy and Climate Change: Feed-in Tariffs (17 May 2012)
“Last week, just 900 installations took place and two thirds of businesses had empty order books, but my question is about the Government’s next round of cuts to solar, which is due on 1 July. Last night, the Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change, the hon. Member for Bexhill and Battle (Gregory Barker), tweeted: “Having listened carefully to industry, we are...”
- Energy and Climate Change: Feed-in Tariffs (17 May 2012)
“There will be laughs echoing outside the Chamber at the Secretary of State’s suggestion that the Government have been listening to the industry, but my question was about parliamentary procedure. Parliamentary procedure requires that due notice must be given in advance of the cuts being brought into force on 1 July. My understanding is that the Department has...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 280 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 70.62% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 33 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 685 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £19,383 (314th) | £20,861 (352nd) | £22,108 (joint 188th with 3 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,317 (joint 189th with 1 other) | £19,718 (joint 250th with 2 others) | £14,580 (399th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,255 (joint 107th with 10 others) | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £18,263 (297th) | £19,114 (288th) | £12,920 (584th) | £16,502 | £16,131 (441st) | £16,693 (539th) | £18,230 (joint 203rd with 4 others) | £13,487 (397th) |
| Staffing costs | £79,827 (571st) | £89,319 (260th) | £86,147 (251st) | £67,703 | £59,313 (616th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £60,614 (512th) | £46,225 (309th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,137 (398th) | £9,580 (224th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,088 (242nd)1 | £8,918 (258th)2 | £8,560 (284th)3 | £7,165 | £9,727 (343rd) | £10,391 (314th) | £11,073 (283rd) | £7,610 (339th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £60 (joint 363rd with 1 other) | £0 | £407 (250th) | £803 | £1,041 (179th) | £987 (165th) | £1,517 (joint 94th with 1 other) | £94 (joint 406th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,457 (80th) | £2,391 (45th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,979 (joint 30th with 1 other) | £1,269 (135th) | £1,316 (193rd) | £786 | £3,074 (50th) | £1,546 (121st) | £1,303 (joint 214th with 2 others) | £897 (375th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,730 (11th) | £3,217 (joint 263rd with 1 other) | £1,358 | £10,245 (42nd) | £5,934 (82nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,591 (10th) | £1,330 (35th) | £137 | £2,021 (joint 38th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 33rd with 8 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £142,194 (424th) | £158,773 (114th) | £136,005 (361st) | £116,088 | £124,072 (306th) | £127,167 (168th) | £114,476 (291st) | £84,914 (408th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £9,088 (56th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,548 (456th). Rail £7,370 (98th).